Bay Mills Indian Community & State of Michigan Reach Settlement on Vanderbilt Casino

Here is a news article summarizing the settlement.

The last decision in this long-running dispute is here.

Additional Collateral Challenge to Guidiville Rancheria Casino Rejected

Here are the new materials in Sprawldef v. City of Richmond (N.D. Cal.):

130 Motion to Amend

131 Opposition to 130

134 Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

136 Reply in Support of 130

138 Opposition to 134

139 Reply in Support of 134

143 DCT Order

Prior post in this case here.

Connecticut SCT Briefs in Town of Ledyard v. WMS Gaming Inc.

Here:

Town of Ledyard Opening Brief

WMS Gaming Answer Brief

Reply

Update in Cherokee Nations’ Challenge to Catawba Trust Land Acquisition

Here are updated materials in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

41 EBCA Amended Complaint

42 CNO Amended Complaint in Intervention

52 ECBI-CNO Consolidated Motion for Summary Judgment

53 US Motion for Summary Judgment

55 Catawba Motion for Summary Judgment

58 Joint Cherokee Response

62 Federal Reply

63 Catawba Reply

Prior post here.

Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claim that Tribe “Stole” Jackpot

Here are the materials in Dotson v. Tuniuca-Biloxi Gaming Commission:

Per Curiam Opinion

Dotson Brief

Tribe Brief

Selected lower court materials in Dotson v. Tuniuca-Biloxi Gaming Commission (W.D. La.) here:

52-1 Motion to Dismiss

77 Magistrate Report

81 DCT Order

Second Circuit Briefs in Cayuga Nation v. Tanner [bingo]

Here:

Tanner Brief

Cayuga Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Sault Tribe Mandatory Trust Land Acquisition Dispute

Here are the briefs (so far) in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt:

US Opening Brief

Nottawaseppi Huron Band Potawatomi + Saginaw Chippewa Brief

Detroit Casinos Brief

Sault Tribe Brief

Law Prof Amicus Brief

Detroit Casinos Reply

Joint Tribal Reply

US Reply

Lower court materials here.

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians’ Muskegon Co. Casino Project EIS Available

Here.

Flandreau Santee Sioux Prevails at Trial on State Tax of Non-Indian Gaming Contractors

Here are the materials in Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Terwilliger (D.S.D.):

176 State Post Trial Brief

177 Tribe Post Trial Brief

186 Opinion and Order

On remand from the Eighth Circuit here.

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas Cert Petition

Here:

Ysleta Cert Petition

Question presented:

Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), as set forth in the plain language of Section 107(b), the Act’s legislative history, and this Court’s holding in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), or whether the Fifth Circuit’s decision affirming Ysleta I correctly subjects the Pueblo to all Texas gaming regulations.

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Texas Brief in Opposition

Reply